Ben Verlander welcomes back Hall of Famer John Smoltz to Flippin' Bats. They discuss the red hot NL West Race where the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks are just 3 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ben and John also talk about the National League Rookie of the Year race that has heated up after San Diego Padres' Jackson Merrill had a RED HOT last two weeks. Then, Ben and John talked about The haunted Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee where Smoltz will be this weekend. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - 00:25 INTRO 00:25 - 03:50 NL ROY: SKENES VS MERRILL 03:50 -07:45 NL WEST 07:45 - 11:30 THE HAUNTED PFISTER HOTEL 11:30 - 13:14 OUTRO #FlippinBats #mlb #atlanta #braves #sandiego #padres #sandiegopadres #pittsburgh #pittsburghpirates #baseball #arizona #diamondbacks #arizonadiamondbacks #losangeles #dodgers #losangelesdodgers SUBSCRIBE to get the latest Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander content: https://www.youtube.com/flippinbatspod?sub_confirmation=1 Like Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinbatspod/ Follow Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@flippinbatspod?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Follow Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@flippinbatspod Follow Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FlippinBatsPod Follow Flippin’ Bats with Ben Verlander on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flippinbatspod/ Red Hot NL West Race, Padres' Jackson Merrill vs Pirates' Paul Skenes & more with John Smoltz https://youtu.be/TSnTbepO-Mk